John Pickrell - Flames of Extinction: The race to save Australias threatened wildlife

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2021 John Pickrell

First published in Australia by NewSouth, an imprint of UNSW Press

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Keywords: Aboriginal land management, Australia, Australian ecosystems, Australian wildlife, biodiversity, Black Summer, birds, bushfires, climate change, conservation management, drought, echidnas, endangered species, extinction, Great Barrier Reef, habitat destruction, fire ecology, firefighting, kangaroos, koalas, threatened species, wildfires, wombats

This book was written on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation in Sydney and the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji and the Yirrganydji in Far North Queensland. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers should be aware that this book may contain names of people who have since passed away.

Latin names are only included for species that are major features of the following chapters, as listing them all would have made the text overly lengthy.

When stating months, such as April or October, without a year, the author is typically referring to 2020.

As this book was originally published in Australia, temperatures are given in degrees Celsius, the metric system has been used for all measurements, and unless otherwise noted, all costs are given in Australian dollars. To ensure accuracy, these figures have been left in their original units. Please consult the chart on the copyright page for guidance on basic conversions.